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Learners research to answer questions related to deep sea diving. In this deep sea diving lesson, students answer questions on a worksheet using the Internet. They discuss pressure, gas laws, and the physiology of diving in the deep sea.
Students research the development and implementation of a research vessel/vehicle used for deep ocean exploration. In this oceanography lesson, students calculate the density of objects by determining the mass and volume.
Students view a video and write a health and safety article for an extreme outdoor sport magazine. In this survival lesson, students watch a video from Assignment Discovery. They imagine they are writers for a extreme outdoor sports magazine and write a health and safety response to a reader's question.
Students create a mural showing ocean zones and the diversity of ocean life. They use reference books to create a list of plants and animals that would live in each zone.
Learners study ways in which the ability to produce light may be useful to deep-sea organisms. In groups, they research and present to the rest of the class, how a specific organism is able to produce bioluminescence.
Students describe major features of cold-seep communities and the process of chemosynthesis as it relates to organisms in each habitat. For this deep-sea habitats lesson, students study the categorization of ocean habitats according to their ocean zone. Students then study the contrast between communities dependent on chemosynthesis with those dependent on photosynthesis. Students then study how the ocean and humans are interconnected and how the ocean sustains life on Ear
Students explore the ocean rift habitat off the Galapagos through an audio expedition, Internet research on deep sea animals, an explorer game and simulation of the exploration of the deep sea bottom. They focus on the actual NOAA expedition using the ALIVIN submersible.
Middle schoolers discuss the challenges of deep-sea exploration and work in groups to research deep submergence vehicles. They create a "deep-sea exploration" mural showing a variety of submersibles at different depths and their uses.
Students examine the potential health dangers of mountain climbing in high altitudes and deep-sea diving. They write a health and safety column for a fictional magazine about extreme outdoor sports that explains the risks involved in these activities.
Students identify and research navigational tools used in deep sea explorations. They are introduced to a compass, the Global Positioning System and sonar technology and then describe their uses in underwater exploration.